Search for sea lampreys in Portage River delayed

2:05 AM,
Jul. 4, 2014

Sea lampreys are an invasive parasitic fish that attach themselves to other fish.

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Although federal wildlife officials planned to search the Portage River last month for an invasive, parasitic fish, they ran out of time to complete their survey.

So they pushed back their efforts to look for sea lampreys to late this month or August, said Aaron Jubar, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service team leader for sea lamprey larval assessment.

The researchers began shocking and treating other Lake Erie tributaries to produce the lampreys - one of the oldest invasive species on the Great Lakes - last month in New York and worked their way west, Jubar said. ...